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FISHER. THE SNOWPLOW
THAT MEANS BUSINESS
That was the year the Ranger, built by Bath Iron Works for
Harold S. Vanderbilt, defeated the British
challenger,£ndeavor //, in four
straight races.
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Just four years later, in
1941, the Ranger went
on to fight a greater
battle in our
country's
defense.
The racing sloop was scrapped and the 110
tons of lead in her keel became a valuable part of the raw material of the
American war effort.
It's all part of Maine's great
maritime heritage. And we at Bath
Iron Works are proud to share many of its
finest moments.
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A model of the Ranger is on display
in the Bath Iron Works Exhibit af the
Maine Maritime Museum in Bath.
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WE BEST OF LUCK TO ALL
IN THE 1987 FRIENDSHIP SLOOP RACES
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Commodore's Message
WELCOMES THE
FRIENDSHIP SLOOP
SOCIETY ON THEIR 27th
ANNUAL REGATTA
P.O. Box 356
Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
(207) 633-2353
The health of any organization can be measured by the enthusiasm and positive energy
displayed by its members. There have been times in our history when we have had too
much of one and not enough of the other. As a group we have survived because, like
the vessels we sail, we are durable, stubborn, and have had good maintenance from some
dedicated people.
Right now there is a lot of enthusiasm and energy out there as you can see by looking
at Bruce Morang's calendar of events, listening to the tales of finding lost Friendships
told by Al Zink and Bob Brooks, or reading this book edited so ably by Roger Duncan.
The rest of us on the Executive Committee have our work cut out for us just to hold the
vessel on course to meet the needs of our growing membership.
As the Friendship sloops gather to cruise, sail and race together in the Maine waters
where they were once a common sight, I welcome friend and stranger alike to share in
the pleasure of seeing these able vessels under full press of sail once again.
William Zuber, Commodore
FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY
OFFICERS
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Miriam E. Schmidtmann, G.R.I.
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Commodore
Vice-Commodore
Secretary
William Zuber
John Wojcik
Jeanne Wormelle
Treasurer
Race Committee Chairman
Yearbook Editor
Membership Committee
Chairman
Scholarship Fund
Chairman
Handicapper
Historian and Secretary
Emerita
Piper
Cannoneer
Marblehead Race
Committee Chairman
Honorary President
Honorary Members
Ernest Wiegleb
Bruce Morang
Roger Duncan
Friendship, Maine
Norwell, Mass.
R.F.D. 1, Box 211
Waldoboro, Maine 04572
Friendship, Maine
North Reading, Mass.
East Boothbay, Maine
Alvin Zink, Jr.
Andover, Mass.
Elbert Pratt
Cyrus Hamlin
Friendship, Maine
Betty Roberts
Donald Duncan
Elbert Pratt
David Graham
Bernard MacKenzie
William Danforth, Dorothy
Gould, John Gould, David
Graham, Cyrus Hamlin,
Bruce Morang, Marcia
Morang, Albert Roberts,
Betty Roberts, Ernest
Wiegleb
Published by Coastal Promotions, 10 Leland Street, Rockland, ME 04841, (207) 596-6696.
For further information please call or write Reade Brower, Judy Foster.
New London Rendezvous
Holt Vibber, skipper of Ancient Mariner, has gathered a considerable fleet of Friendship sloops for the Sail Festival in New London on July 10, 11, and 12 and there is room
for more. Besides special races for Friendship sloops on July 11 and 12, there are many
attractions for salt water people. The Coast Guard barque Eagle will be alongside a pier
and open for inspection without charge. Providence, a replica of a Revolutionary War
sloop which once sailed in a fleet under the command of John Paul Jones, will take
passengers sailing under square topsails. The steamer River Queen will take excursions
along the Thames to see the large gathering of yachts, commercial vessels, and submarines.
There is to be an ocean race and a race exclusively for wooden boats.
Not only will this be a very attractive extravaganza for anyone interested in sailing and
maritime history, but it is the first formal opportunity for Friendship sloop owners in Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound to gather, race, and gam. We hope this racerendezvous will be an important extension of our program and will bring Friendship sloop
owners closer together.
PROGRAM
1987
This year the Society's program reaches from New London, Connecticut to Southwest
Harbor, Maine and includes a return to Friendship, a new race the Bill Hadlock Homecoming Race, the traditional three-day regatta at Boothbay Harbor, and the Marblehead Race.
July 10,11,12 New London, Connecticut rendezvous and races sanctioned by the Society
and part of the Sail Festival. Host boat: Ancient Mariner Holt Vibber 5 Solier Drive,
Waterford, CT.
July 24-25 Two fleets will meet in Friendship harbor: one from the east and one from
the west.
July 17 The western contingent will anchor behind Bassett's Island in Red Brook Harbor, Cataumet. Host boat: Banshee, John Wojcik.
July 18 The tide turns east in the Canal at 10:05. Moor in Scituate. Host boat: Voyager
II, Bernard MacKenzie.
July 19 Manchester. Moorings and dock space at Manchester Boat Yard. Host boat:
Liberty, Dick Salter.
July 20 Tide will be favorable in Blynman Canal about 9 a.m. Moor in Kittery behind
Seavey Island off Ted Brown's Oar House. Host: Capt. Brown, former owner of Vida
Mia.
July 21 Cape Porpoise. Host boat: Surprise, Bob Phaneuf.
July 22 The Basin in the New Meadows River. Host boat: Tannis, Jack Cronin.
July 23 Christmas Cove, Damariscotta River.
July 24 Friendship
The eastern contingent will assemble in Southwest Harbor on July 18. Host boat: Morning Star, Bob Brooks.
From Southwest Harbor the fleet will proceed by easy stages as weather, tide and visibility dictate to Carver's Harbor and Hurricane Island on July 22 and 23. Host boats: Phoenix,
Al Beck and Gladiator, Commodore Zuber.
July 24 Friendship
July 25 Friendship Day. There will be a parade of sloops at 10:00 followed by the Bill
Hadlock Homecoming Race. This will be an informal race but there will be trophies for
winners in each division.
Ashore, there will be a parade, craft fair, lunch, and athletic contests for the benefit
of the Friendship Fire Department and the Ambulance Service.
July 26 Round Pond
July 27 Boothbay Harbor. Moor off the Yacht Club in the West Harbor.
July 28, 29, 30 Races at Boothbay Harbor. After the last race there will be an awards
banquet at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club.
July 31 Parade of sloops, led by the Commodore in Gladiator off the Fisherman's
Memorial in front of the white church in the inner harbor. Disband.
Any sloops which wish to go up the Sasanoa River to Bath will be welcome at the Maine
Maritime Museum below the Iron Works.
August 22 and 23 Marblehead, Massachusetts. Annual regatta conducted by the Corinthian Yacht Club. Host: David Graham, Chairman of Corinthian Yacht Club Race Committee and an Honorary Member of the Friendship Sloop Society.
November 14 Annual Meeting. Sheraton at Exit 7, Maine Turnpike, Portland.
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The most divine form of transportation ever devised by man is that of sailing a boat.
If one is really fortunate, the sailing is done principally in the waters along the coast of
Maine in a Friendship sloop. Although the water is cool and fog is not unknown, the
solitude, natural beauty and untamed spirit of the coast will long be remembered. There
are literally hundreds of islands, the exact number depending on the state of the tide, and
quiet, secluded coves are many. You can anchor peacefully in a different one every night
watching the ospreys in their tree-top nests. And it will quickly become evident that Friendship sloops are well known along this coast as friendly comments are frequently received
from passing yachtsmen and fishermen alike.
For many, the obstacle to cruising is simply lack of experience. Even experienced cruising
folks derive great pleasure from cruising in company with friends and acquaintances.
We all have distant harbors we have dreamed of all winter long, and we always find
our hours of actual sailing — whether a weekend, a few weeks, or even a month — to
be the most rejuvenating time of the year. Cares drop away, the business of the world
takes on perspective, appears remote and even humorous, and the shoreside schedules
we rush to meet appear like small clouds passing far on the horizon. Many who have cruised
to regattas in the past know that while the details of the regatta itself may have faded,
they readily recall whom they have met, where they anchored, and the pure joy along
the way as they took time to unwind and smell the spruces.
In 1987 the Society is enticing its members and friends to join us in this most divine
form of transportation along the coast. Leisurely cruises are planned from the east and
from the west, converging on beautiful Boothbay Harbor for the annual regatta. Even if
you cannot shake free and make it all the way to Boothbay, we invite you to join us for
a few days as your personal schedules permit. If you can join us at Boothbay, all the better for you, for your crew, and for the Society.
A successful summer cruise may mean reaching that dreamed-of harbor and sharing
the experience with other Society members. We sincerely hope it will include the annual
regatta. Stroll the beaches, watch the ospreys in the coves, contemplate your return itinerary
-- the places passed by with regret on the outward voyage and those you vowed to see
again. You can never see it all.
A summer cruise should be an antidote to the workaday world. Taken annually, it will
keep us all healthy in mind and spirit. We're not sure where we're going next, but the
harbors, coves, islands, and beaches along the Maine coast await us.
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Susan was a 41-foot Charles Morse sloop built in 1902. In 1973 she was sold by N.
Bradford Mack to a Fort Lauderdale fireman, Jim Sherman. He sold her in 1977 to an
unidentified person who, on Christmas Eve 1977, sailed her into Hillsboro Inlet in a whistling easterly on a falling tide. She hit the bar and tore off her rudder before she fetched
up. The owner got out an anchor and went ashore for help; but while he was gone, she
floated and dragged into the breakwater, which punched a hole in her. When she sank,
her house floated off and fouled the railroad bridge. The Coast Guard, in order to free
the bridge, cut her up with a chain saw many miles and many years from Friendship, Maine.
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On October 5, 1986 we lost Bill Hadlock, for 25
years a member of the Society and Commodore in
1983-1984. He was our kind of man — generous,
friendly, always ready to help out where help was
needed and a first-class navigator and seaman. For
25 years he sailed Heritage eastward and westward
from her mooring in South Freeport, setting no
records for speed or lengthy ocean passages, but
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its islands and rivers, for a slashing June northwester, a hazy August southerly, or the rare
September dry easterly. The lift of an offshore sea
and the pull of the tide were essential parts of him.
In a race, he was keen and aggressive. He sailed
his boat hard and won more than his share of hardware, but he was never ruthless about it.
He maintained Heritage with the meticulous care
which she deserved and she showed it. She was one
of the most elegant in the fleet.
We will miss Bill Hadlock as we sail this year's
Homecoming Race in Muscongus Bay, but we will
remember that he is an important part of what we
are today.
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Loss of the Schooner
Ida Francis
Courtesy of Betty Roberts
A copy of Ida F. Cook Francis' letter to Elmira Jameson while enroute to London after
being wrecked on the schooner "Ida Francis. "
Atlantic Ocean, Mar. 24, 1886
Dear Friend,
I suppose you are all saying the Ida Francis is lost and all on board, but through the
goodness of God we are all saved, but the schooner is lost and we are on a Russian barque
bound for London, England. Today we are about 2500 miles from there. Well! I will try
and tell you a little about it if I can. It is so rough I can hardly hold onto the table, but
it is so lonesome I am about dead so I must do something or die. Well! We got within
80 miles of N.Y., this was Thursday the 25th, expecting to be in N.Y. Sunday sure, and
were having a splendid time (but it was not to be). That night a terrible gale came on;
the next day it blew a hurricane. Fri. night it was terrible, washed one man away from
the pumps and we supposed broke his leg, but now we think it is only his knee.
About 4 o'clock Sat., we found the boat fast filling; the men had been pumping for
2 days and nights; they tried to keep her off, but could not, the sails would blow to pieces
like ribbons. About 10 o'clock Sat. morn — Fernand came down in the cabin and said
I had better put all the clothes I could on Mellie as we might have to leave the cabin,
so I dressed him up as warm as I could. Then I took my little hand satchel and put our
watches and jewelry and what little money we had on board in it. I thought we could tie
that to us and perhaps save it. The day before, the gale was so bad it broke the skylight
in and wet everything. Our beds and clothes were so wet we were very uncomfortable.
Next I dressed up in Fernand's clothes; the second mate had 2 sets of oil clothes — I
put one on. By that time the oil room was broken up and the furnace cabin fast falling
on us. Fernand got his black satchel and in it put my black silk skirt, red morning dress,
green one, and coat, a pair of boots for both Mellie and me. Mellie had on his rubber
boots, a pair of Fernand's. By that time the after cabin was filling fast and we got into
the sink room, we put Mellie in a canvas bag and got him in the wash room bowl and
I got on top of a big tub; stayed there about an hour. By that time the water was to my
waist and I on top of the tub. One of the men got me on his back and got me on deck,
another man took Mellie. When we left for the deck everything in the cabin had gone
to pieces, the doors all down, the state rooms all to pieces. Two men took my trunk on
deck, but it soon went overboard and everything else we tried to save. Well! We got on
deck, but soon saw we could not live the night out there as it was freezing all the time.
One side of the vessel was right down in the water and we were all hung to the other
side of the vessel for dear life. One man looked down the lazeret and said there was but
little water there and that we could get down, so down we went, 11 of us and not room
enough to stand or sit up and I couldn't as much as look out for 7 days. The gale was
so bad and we couldn't even sit up. We had to stay in that place for 17 days and nights.
All we had to eat was 18 cans of fruit, 3 or 4 Ibs. of bread, 2 or 3 cans of milk, a little
keg of wine and bottle of gin that the steward and Fernand managed to save. After the
storm was a little better they got a few pieces of meat out of the hatch, but it was very
bad and rotten; before we came off we did not dare eat but very little each day, not knowing how long we should have to stay there. We all got terribly run down. I was on deck
the day before we were taken off and could not get up or down. I was so weak. That
night I was so discouraged I didn't care much whether I lived or died. I certainly don't
think I could have stood it if it hadn't been for father and mother; I was bound to live
if possible and I pulled through, but God only knows or ever will know what we suffered
and what our feelings were. The men were all wet to their skins and so cold. The night
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we went in the lazeret both boats went, all the masts but one that was stout, 20 ft. high.
We were so low in the water it was almost impossible for a vessel to see us'. We sighted
3 but they did not see us, and if they had they could not have come to us the weather
was so bad. Now for the good part. Tues. morning about 9 o'clock one of the men sighted
a vessel. Oh such a little speck we could hardly see it. How we watched that sail, praying
yet fearing it would not see us but on she came right down almost on to us, and we saw
the sails commence to haul down and knew we were seen. (It would be no use to try to
tell what our feelings were). Out came the boat with 6 big strong men and they were soon
along side of us. Their boat was small so they took 3 of our men and went aboard their
vessel and got another big boat and soon had us all landed on the Russian barque Bacchus
bound for London. The Russian sailors grabbed me from our deck and I thought they
were going to throw me onto their deck they were so anxious to help. Well! We got on
board and two men took me in their arms and ran across the vessel into the cabin before
they stopped. I thought they would kill me, and I couldn't make them understand a thing
so I had to stand it. I am surprised we didn't scare the Capt. to death. I was dressed in
Fernand's old clothes and almost as black as a negro. I hadn't seen water or a comb for
17 days and almost starved to death. I could hardly stand. Well! good old Capt.
Bjcokquest he got me on the sofa and had some splendid wine on the table and a great
big fruit cake that he got in Pensacola and made me drink some wine and eat some cake.
After that he had some soup made for our dinner; then at 3 he had some nice coffee made.
In the afternoon I got my face and hands washed, and in the evening Fernand commenced
to comb my hair. It was terrible. I never saw anything matted like it. I expected I would
have to have it cut off; was so glad I did not have to. The night before Capt. Bjcokquest
took us on board he had a dream that he had me on board; wasn't that strange. He was
at Pensacola when we were, sailed 2 weeks after we did. I never spoke with him but saw
him there — his vessel lay quite near us. Well! It has been so rough I couldn't finish writing
before. I believe God sent the vessel after us as much as I believe we are alive. We were
all out of the track of vessels and Capt. Bjcokquest has crossed the ocean a great many
times, and never went that path before; he said something kept telling him not to change
his course so he let her go. It seems so strange. He has been very kind and the crew.
They can't do enough for us. Every morning when we awake he has the steward bring
us hot coffee and is always doing something for us. Now about myself, I haven't hardly
a thing to put on. It is so rough think I can do better with a pencil. My coat was wet
with salt. It was so long before I could get it dry that it was spoiled, also my dresses.
My red dress was stained so badly I was ashamed to wear it, but I had nothing else. I
lost everything, haven't even a petticoat to put on. I took my old green dress, ripped it
up and made one out of it, but it is a terrible looking thing. I haven't even a comb.
Fernand's watch is spoiled and I guess.mine is too. I can't even wind it. Suppose it is
all rust, but hope I can have new works put in it. I felt worse about that than anything.
I lost my switch, both shawls, all my personal things and Christmas presents. One of the
men made me a pair of slippers. I couldn't get my boots on they had been wet so long.
I haven't a thing to put on my head. I feel so ashamed but I can't help it. We expect to
be in London in 16 days; then I can get something to put on. Fernand will have to go
first and get me some clothes. I shall stay in London a week or two and go around. We
may have to go to Liverpool to take the steamer, the Capt. isn't sure. I feel so about father
and mother, am so afraid I shall find them sick or something has happened to them for
I know they must have about given us up by the time they hear from us. The day they
took us off the wreck was a fine day, the very best day we had and that night it started
to blow and we had a perfect hurricane for 3 days. The Capt. had to lay the vessel to
for 36 hours it was so bad. I never was so frightened in my life, not even on the wreck
as I was that Wed. night. I thought we would have to go anyway. Our second mate is
quite badly off with his leg and one of our men has been very sick, hardly thought he
would live but is better today. Fernand got his foot hurt, but can get around a little. Mellie
pulled through the best of anyone; he was hungry but the little darling made the best of
it and didn't tease much, as he knew we had nothing to give him. I shall never go to sea
again while father and mother live anyway. I feel badly for them — it seems as though
I should go crazy at times. Well! I must close. We hope to be home sometime the 1st
of May. It is so rough now I can hardly sit up. We are about 1900 miles from London.
Hope to see you in a month.
Last Installment April 18. About 75 miles from London, about 100 to Lengriness; we
get a pilot there. I must say we have had just a terrible rough passage; the Capt. had to
heave the vessel to 3 times — never did such a thing before in his life. Last week we
had another terrible hurricane; was right in the middle of it and everyone had to sit up.
I was terribly frightened. I am run down and can't stand much. The Capt. keeps giving
me gin. We are in hopes to get there so as to send word home by Sun., but it is very
thick in the channel and if the Capt. doesn't see land by noon won't dare to run and we
may have to stay here a week. He would have put us off at Falmouth if he hadn't had
such a good wind he hated to stop. He said if we had an Easterly he would put us off
at Cork, Ire. So we hardly knew where we were going but now it is London sure. I so
long to get on land I don't know what to do. How I hate to get on an old steamship and
cross the ocean again. It will be a long time before I head for home and I am so anxious.
I wish you would write me at N. Y. as soon as you get this. I can hardly wait to get there.
We must stay a few days and rest. We have had such a passage. Trusting this will find
you all well — your friend
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The schooner "Ida Francis" was built for Captain Fernando Francis by L. Kennedy
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after commanding a number of other vessels, Captain Francis was retired and living in
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Restoration of locaste
by Helen Barnes
After months of carefully removing old timbers and decking, and recording what they
discovered, apprentices at the Maine Maritime Museum have found clear evidence that
locaste, a 1907 Friendship sloop, was a working fishing boat in her early life.
The locaste restoration project, underway at the Museum's historic shipyard in Bath,
is partially sponsored by the Friendship Sloop Society and was undertaken in 1985 as part
of the Museum's Apprenticeshop boatbuilding program.
When work is completed in 1988, locaste will be restored to her original lobsterboat
design, with a low profile, small cuddy, and large cockpit, and will be one of a very few
Friendships in existence to show what the graceful sloops looked like before they were
converted to the recreational sailing vessels so admired today.
Donated to the Museum in 1985, she has since been on the shipyard's North Ways
undergoing the early stages of restoration. From research into her history, Museum staffers suspected that the 31-foot locaste might have been built as a fishing boat, but she
has been repaired and updated for pleasure sailing so much that it was hard to tell.
But research has indeed proved that she had had a working-class beginning. It is possible that she also had a wet well in her hold, which would have allowed her crew to transport
live lobsters to market.
Following basic stabilization in early 1986, apprentices took off a full set of her hull
lines, which have since been faired and redrawn in reproducible form. All construction
details, repairs, and historic data were recorded, and a full photographic record of all
activity was made. A panel of experts in boatbuilding and historical research was formed
to supervise each process.
Then, in late summer, cabin house and interior, cockpit, deck and deck structures, and
engine were carefully removed — and all duly recorded. With all the extraneous structure
out of the way, evidence was found of her fishing-boat origins.
It was discovered that her sheer clamps, timbers that support the deckbeams where they
join the hull, were intact from her transom to amidships. After careful documentation,
the sheer clamps on each side were removed and studied. Markings and cuts revealed
the location of the original after deck, cockpit, and aft end of the cabin trunk, giving the
restorers a clear idea of what her profile looked like.
A few other original timbers were found, four pieces of planking on the port side, three
on the starboard side — all that was left after more than 70 years of use, refitting, and
repairs.
As work progressed through the winter, a variety of sister frame repairs were discovered,
leaving locaste without a single one-piece frame at all. Starting at the bow, and working
in four foot sections, apprentices removed all the old framing and replaced it with new
white oak frames.
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until the area could be restored to its proper shape by replanking. Through this summer,
her planking will be replaced or repaired, as needed, and through the next year a newdeck, cockpit and cuddy will be installed, rigging overhauled and other repairs made.
Her launching is scheduled for summer of 1988 and will be accompanied by all the
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While the Maine Maritime Museum looks forward to the launching of the restored Friendship locaste in 1988, there are also high expectations for the 'launching' of the new Maine
Maritime History building at the museum's shipyard in Bath a year later.
Maine Maritime Museum has just completed a year-long capital campaign to raise more
than $7 million for the consolidation of exhibit areas, now at two locations in Bath, into
one three-story building. The building will offer expanded and year-round exhibit space,
visitor services, gift shop, administrative offices, additional archives and library facilities,
and improved storage capabilities.
The 30,000-square-foot building will overlook the historic Percy and Small Shipyard
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maritime history.
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models, half-models, navigational instruments, and seafarers' mementos, and temporary
exhibits.
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'"HereVone Dennis" I said while skimming through some boat ads as if I were choosing
a pa ir of shoes'from a catalogue. "A 1906 Friendship sloop, 30' on deck, now ketch rigged recent survey, Grey Marine and cypress on oak hull. It's under $10,000! I said,
smiling. His brows raised with interest but his focal point was the ceiling. A wooden boat
73 years old? We both chuckled a bit mockingly, but not to condemn.
As we carefully made our way through the muddy slush that surrounded the marina,
we could see only one boat left in the frigid water. There she was! Jessie May, a naked,
shivering, lonesome senior citizen.
The owner arrived and quickly showed us aboard. He kept looking at us as if we were
peeking up under a lady's dress while we crawled, dug, and poked our way through her
interior from bow to stern. A close examination showed no signs of fatal diseases or broken
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cSefiilly we picked her out of the ice-skimmed waters, patted her slimy belly and worked
out the adoption papers. We then hired a cradle and buggied our baby all the way home.
THE REBIRTH
First of all we cleansed her wretched innards with a hammer and chisel enema. After
years of improper diet, her internal organs were letting loose! Out the hatch went particle
board, wall paper, rotten plywood, a Grey Marine and even the galley sink. We stripped
her clean down to the ribs and planks.
Down the hatch went sister ribs, new butt blocks, and stringers that had been omitted
when she was re-ribbed decades ago. Dennis strengthened the floor timbers, built new
engine beds and then lined her with all new ceilings. Every piece of wood that went into
her had been pressure-treated with Wolman. The wood is put into a large cylinder where
a vacuum is pulled and then filled with liquid preservative. The contents are then put under
extreme pressure which forces the preservative into the wood cells. The cylinder is long
enough so we were able to treat our mast, boom, and bowsprit. Theoretically, they will
^We used five gallons of paint remover on her hull and exhausted a few sanders. Buying
enough bronze screws to refasten the hull exhausted the sanders' pockets. I would recall
the pain of having my wisdom teeth removed each time another nail was forcefully'extracted. Sometimes I couldn't even bear to watch the gruesome process of jabbing those
steel jaws into her side in search of nail heads.
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We didn't bother to keep track of material expenses because we were always buying,
trading making or selling something to accumulate what we needed. Usually the thing
that would work perfectly hadn't been invented yet. Besides, keeping track of expenses
could become discouraging.
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The next spring, when it was time for her to get wet again, she had a sound, faired,
and beautifully varnished hull. I sold my sports car, which had only brought me traffic
tickets and purchased a 15 h.p. diesel for her. By June we were able to enjoy putts up
and down the St. Clair River, and with some jury-rigged, tattered sails we maneuvered
a few tacks around the sand bars.
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The revised rig on Jessie May, a ketch, was a total misfit. She was built to be a Friendship sloop and a sloop she will be, although we did compromise on the macaroni rig for
ease of sail handling. An 18-foot boom for the main is quite enough for me. We plan
to do a lot of extended cruising so we set her up with a roller furling headsail, thus mmim.zina trips out on the 8-foot bowsprit. Returning the club foot to the jib was almost a must.
A self tending jib is a tremendously handy sail. New sails and new running and standing
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Carlton Morse
Carlton Morse was born on Morse Island, Friendship,
Maine June 28, 1897 in the home of his ancestors. As a boy
he watched his father, Warren Morse, build Friendship sloops
in the island boat house as he played among the shavings.
He watched many launchings over the rocky ledges to the
cove below. After his father died, he moved away and for
many years resided in Charlestown, N.H. where he worked
as a machinist and tool and die maker. After retirement he
returned to his beloved island, spending extended summers
from April to November. In later years, after his wife Hazel
died, winters were spent in Peabody, Mass, with his daughter
and son-in-law, Barbara and James Townsend. Mr. Morse
passed away March 14, 1986. The few lines below are how
I remember him.
rigging have made Jessie May a willing and able contender for the Round Stag Island
Annual.
During the next three years we handsomely resurfaced the deck with wood and the cabin
top with fiberglass. Leaking hatches were rebuilt and new deck hardware securely mounted.
Now we are finishing the interior with an efficient comfortable layout for two. It's wonderful
to design my own galley!
We have shown Jessie May as much dedication as our own marriage. Our project has
brought us through half a decade of dreaming and planning. Jessie May has truly been
reborn to live gallantly another lifetime with us aboard to share her newest adventure.
A good, strong Friendship will last forever!
Last summer the Mayhews sailed ' 'Jessie May'' down the Lakes, through the Erie Canal
to New York and down the coast. They spent the winter in the Bahamas and are now on
the Florida coast. They now plan to restore ' 'Jessie May's'' gaff rig.
I first met Carlton Morse in the summer of 1972. He extended a rough, sinewy hand
and with a twinkling eye said, "Hi Bert, I'm Carlton." As the summers went by, he could
be seen on his beloved island, weeding his garden, bailing his boat, digging clams on
the beach, mowing grass, or maybe putting shells on the path. On one very foggy night,
the sound of his generator brought me home. He always had a smile and a few minutes
to talk under his gigantic oak tree. He warmed himself before the fire in the house where
he was born and seven generations of Morses before him. One of these days, I'll go back
to Morse Island, but it won't be the same, for in a strong wind and with a full clam hod
in his hand, Warren and Evelyn's son sailed home tonight. I did not have a chance to
say good-bye, and I shall miss him very much!
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The sloop Rob Roy was owned by Daniel Conary of Deer Isle and named for his two
sons, Rob and Roy, who can be seen in the picture, one by the rudder and one further
back on the beach.
Rob Roy was said to be a 32' sloop, meaning the length on deck. At seven gross tons
and seven net tons her measurements were 29'2" by l l ' l " by 5'6". Built in Friendship
in 1900, probably by Wilbur Morse, she shows more rake to her stem than earlier sloops.
After a few years as a sailing vessel, like many sloops of this era an engine was installed. By 1912 Rob Roy was registered as a motor vessel. The engine was invariably a onecylinder two-cycle make-and-break, more than likely a Knox made in Rockland, Maine.
Engines were mostly installed off center on the side just inside the cabin bulkhead with
the shaft running out through a wooden skeg fitted on the flat of the run so that the propeller would be located just forward of the rudderpost. The skeg would be bolted with
U bolts wrapped around and usually set flush into the wood, going through a wooden
pad fitted to the planking inside the boat. The shaft hole would be lined with a lead pipe
to make it watertight. The stuffing box, fastened on the outside of the skeg, often required
packing, greasing and tightening — making grounding out a frequent chore.
Some of the larger sloops, used for dredging scallops, had 2 engines for power, one
on each side, and often a 3rd engine to hoist the dredge.
The popularity of these make-and-break engines is reflected by the fact that not many
sloops were registered as strictly sailing vessels after 1910. The engines were inexpensive, simple and easy to install and repair and gave the fisherman a great advantage, the
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sloop, Tern, on the Connecticut River at Portland. Built about 1900 and having rested on
the river bottom for some time, she was in sad shape. They bought her, built a cradle,
and trailered her home to Waterford, Connecticut.
This Friendship has a moulded keel, allowing more ballast to be placed lower down
because the keel is wider in the middle. Also the vine leaves were carved directly into
the billet head, stem, and upper planks.
The reconstruction included a new stem (original donated to the Friendship Museum),
sternpost, and part of the keel and transom. She was re framed and refastened completely,
planks being replaced where necessary, using over 2,000 wood screws. A new lead keel
was poured. New spars, sails, and diesel engine now grace the vessel. New trail boards
with the traditional ivy vine accented by an eagle head now adorn the bow.
As a tribute to the builder, Wilbur Morse, this fully restored Friendship has been renamed
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by Carlton Wilder
If you are contemplating Friendship Sloop
Ownership, or brilliantly own one already,
you may know your biggest challenge is this
— finding ways to spend more time aboard.
Having devoted over twenty years to the study
of this problem, I am the recognized authority
on it, and am apt to expound at length, if
provoked.
In the beginning you get to your boat every weekend — out for an exhilarating sail,
or down on hands and knees for that ever-rewarding maintenance. Evenings are well-spent
leaning on a piling and gazing at that remarkable hull with the sheerline that just won't
quit — making elaborate outfitting plans, dreaming of distant coves, bemoaning the limitations of two-week vacations.
Shortly it dawns on you. You did not just buy a superior pleasure boat. You have been
possessed by a whole new way of life. With your Friendship sloop at the center, all else
radiating therefrom, you will have to make radical adjustments in your schedule.
(It goes without saying that you are keeping certain key personnel in the family informed of these philosophical developments as they occur, so all may understand and embrace
them, with an eye towards enthusiastic participation.)
Spending more time at your desk than on your deck is obviously wrong. How you turn
that around is the ultimate test of your boating skill. Some call it corruption. I call it
creativity.
Let me cite my own experience to illustrate the possibilities.
Soon after Comesin became the fact of my life, I began to find excuses to break away
from my studio briefly from time to time just to go to the boatyard, sit in the fantastic
cockpit, and work out knotty problems of composition or perspective in an entirely new
and inspiring environment.
The trick here is to have the discipline to ignore the brightwork, which sets up a clamor
the day after the papers are signed. So I dedicated longer hours to these outings, solved
the art problems briskly, thus creating time to tackle the brightwork.
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As I became more fanatical — the expression "freaked out" was not then in vogue —
I began devoting whole days to art projects on the boat. Boatkeeping and cabin remodeling, reserved for weekends, soon became a nightly routine. Sometimes allnightly. H-om-e was becoming just another four-letter word.
Installation of a phone in the cabin — an abomination to any get-away purist — allowed
even more hours on the boat. The pleasure yacht was turning into a workboat. (But did
Wilbur Morse ever sail for pleasure?)
We designed a marvelous harbor awning, widely copied, for the entire deck, which
transformed that fantastic cockpit into an outdoor studio afloat. Drawing boards were
fashioned. Several collapsing easels were built. Space below was altered to accommodate
painting supplies. Fluorescent lights replaced traditional cabin illumination — for painting at night. Who would believe such a tiny cabin could handle a 2' x 3' canvas? (You
prop it on the galley counter, stand in the companionway and lash your wife to her bunk.)
We tried the waters as I plied my trade. Off to a nearby anchorage for a week or
two, cool in the fantastic cockpit under the marvelous awning in the heat of summer testing the ambiance, checking the inspiration, working on art, returning home with the
satisfaction of accomplishment, on top of the special delights of sailing.
We began to take longer cruises as the refreshing viewpoints more and more justified
the delights. I sculpted, sketched, took snapshots, planned the next projects, until we would
have to head for h-o-m-e.
Near-nirvana left but one alternative. We turned the children out, sold that ten-room
house, stored the stuff, and moved on board. Eleven years ago.
Here let me pause in my history. As I mentioned before, and it really goes without saying, it is of the essence to keep all partners in the enterprise sensitively informed of the
rationale as it unfolds. Alertness to knuckles turning white or eyes glazing over will pay
off. Remedial promises of "a little house somewhere, or" (under your breath) "at least
a bigger boat" and assuaging assurances that it's "just temporary" will spring to mind.
(This technique also applies if you're considering starting a newspaper or buying a farm.)
Yes, it was eleven years ago, like yesterday, that we moved aboard, left the rented slip
and dropped the hook at a small waterfront lot upriver, where the car is parked, the mail
delivered, the trash picked up, and we plan to build the little house someday.
Eleven years and sixty paintings later. Of rivers and creeks and the inland waterway
and the ocean and the cross-state canal and the gulf, as seen through Comesin's eyes. It's
hard work, but Comesin takes us there and gets us back, and we never leave home.
Okay, that's how I arranged more time aboard. How are you going to handle it?
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Hieronymus to the Bras d'Or Lakes
by Robert C. Brooks
In the summer of 1976, a memorable Canadian cruise was taken in Hieronymus by owner
Albie Neilson's sons Will (age 21) and Joe (age 19), a cousin, and a college friend. The
destination was to be the Bras d'Or Lakes in Nova Scotia and the trip was to be Will's
first extended cruise as skipper. In spite of the mishaps on the thousand mile trip down
and back, it is the memories of the delights of an extended week in the Bras d'Or that remain.
For the cruise, Hieronymus had been rigged with a temporary gallows, but without her
topmast. The first day out of Southwest Harbor, the discomfort of driving through short,
steep and deep seas led to the decision to shorten sail. In a spot of lee behind Mt. Desert
Rock, they luffed up and dropped the boom into the gallows but, alas, they couldn't reach
the leach reef point! The dinghy's painter was shortened 'til her bow was under the boom.
With youthful enthusiasm, Will swung out on the boom with the intent of standing on
the bow of the dinghy while reefing. Nature was not to cooperate! The seas were such
that the bow of Hieronymus would dip (and her boom would rise) so that Will found himself
alternately hanging from the boom well above the dinghy and then being stuffed into the
dinghy. Finally, the reef was made and the voyage continued onward to Halifax.
Just before 6 o'clock on the first morning out of Halifax, Will went down below to
wake Joe and his cousin in preparation for the change of watch. Much to his astonishment, he found the floor boards floating! The next discovery was that the bilge pump was
stopped up. Stripped to the waist and working underwater, they cleared the pump and
got it pumping. The leak was isolated to the stuffing box packing and brought under control by tightening the packing nut. With the two navigators practicing their diving skills,
navigation was less than precise. This led to backtracking to the only buoy in sight. The
Canadian offshore buoys are designed to be read from the elevation of the modern ship's
bridge with the identification markings painted on the top of the buoy's float. In order
to read the marking from Hieronymus, they had to sail right up next to the buoy. Locating
themselves on the charts, they struck a course for the nearest fishing harbor and rest. Safely
anchored, emotionally drained, cold and exhausted, Will fell asleep while drinking a cup
of coffee. All slept for the next 18 hours.
The final mishap on the trip down resulted from a navigational error wherein Will and
Joe independently made an identical error in recording the Cape Canso to St. Peters course
in compass points. Although the course heading has long been forgotten, it can be typified
by saying they went 'W by N' when the proper course would have been 'N by W.' This
resulted in spending a wet night in the shipping lanes of the Canso Straits chasing bell
buoys in the fog and drizzle.
St. Peters, the southern gate to the Bras d'Or Lakes, is the gate to a cruising paradise.
Once through the locks and the turnstile bridge, Hieronymus was greeted with about 20
degrees warmer water. The fog was left outside the gates. Calm waters, light air, and
isolated coves nestling along a nearly deserted, tree-lined shore were a great relief after
the offshore pounding. Will has a lasting rememberance of ghosting into a secluded cove
and anchoring under sail with the only observers being the fish-eagles in the trees.
The crystal clear waters of the Bras d'Or Lakes presented a panorama of an alternatingly grassy and rocky bottom and provided pleasurable swimming and diving. But the saline
lakes were yet to yield their bounty. With Hieronymus slatting along awaiting the breeze,
the evening menus were supplemented with the successes of jigging cod with a handline
from the tender. Will also fondly recalls eating his first raw oysters after diving and plucking
them from the bottom. Nothing could have been more succulent, and the pain of a gashed
thumb, gained as the price of learning the art of oyster shucking, was soon forgotten.
Alas, the time passed much too rapidly and it was soon time to head homeward. But there
was still time for renting a car and taking a day-trip around the Cape Breton Trail.
The trip home was relatively uneventful except for the day of the 'sleigh ride' across
Mahone Bay. Departure had been in light air which turned to gale force. Down the coast
flew Hieronymus, dragging her boom alongside. Finally the jib blew out at a seam, so
they put into Chester in Mahone Bay to find the sailmaker. Things were put right in short
order and Hieronymus arrived at Southwest Harbor just in time to have her topmast installed and to head for Friendship for the 1976 Homecoming Regatta.
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Two young Southwest Harbor teenagers in a Friendship Sloop: one a local lad, the other
summer folk — thus more than forty years ago begins the tale of lasting friendships.
As a result of gas rationing during the second World War, in 1944 Albie Neilson's grandmother chartered Jake Lunt's old Friendship-type sloop Reliance out of east Blue Hill Bay
and hired Ralph Stanley's father to captain the sloop and to refine Albie and his brothers'
sailing skills. The Reliance was built just after the middle of the first decade of the century by Swans Island boatbuilder George Tainter (1863-1949) for his son Blanchard, who
kept her until about 1915. A 1909 Custom House record rates her at 7 tons. Ralph
remembers her as being about 32' long but Albie recalls about 36'. She was a bit narrower and a lot deeper than the traditional Morse model and had been modernized by
the addition of a make'n'break engine driving an off-center prop. Most notable was the
Reliance's reputation of leaking "ten buckets a day!" If one tried to bail her dry she'd
just fill back up to the same level, so one bailed ten buckets out of her well and that would
hold her for the day.
Ah, the memories of a summer as teenagers! But with time, these young teenagers passed
to maturity and each followed his calling: Reverend Albert P. Neilson into the ministry
and Ralph W. Stanley into wooden boats. Yet the influence of that summer was to influence both their lives.
By 1961, Ralph had been building wooden working boats for nearly a decade. Albie
had frequently discussed having Ralph build a Friendship sloop for him when the timing
became right for the commission. Albie wanted a sloop that he could stand up in when
down below. Ralph had yet to build a Friendship sloop, but for years had liked and studied
the design, so he whittled a half-model of his proposed sloop. This he took to Thomaston
for Roy Wallace (Newbert & Wallace) to critique. Roy "allowed it was alright" so the
model was lofted, molds fabricated and the keel laid that fall. At that time, Ralph was
building boats in the shed behind his mother's house on Main Street in Southwest Harbor.
It was a quarter of a century ago this summer that a big beautiful black sloop, with
cabin trunk brightwork glistening, was towed down the road on her skid to the water's
edge near Hinckley's in Manset and launched by the rising tide. Displacing 17,000 pounds;
she measures about 33' overall, 29' at the waterline, 11' on the beam and draws about
5'10" of water. In a search for more speed in light airs, her original bald rig was to be
replaced with tops'Is about eight years later.
She was christened Hieronymus after the medieval Flemish painter, Hieronymus Bosch
(c. 1460-1516). "Hieronymus" translates from the Latin as "Jerome." This led to the
confusion perpetuated by Enduring Friendships that she was named for Sophronius Eusebius
Hieronymus (c.347-c.419), sanctified as "Saint Jerome" for his Latin translation of the
Bible. One time, while moored in Kennebecasis Bay (St. John, N.B.), a small boat came
under Hieronymus' stern, read her name and hailed her. The hail acknowledged, the question was "Bosch?" This was the only occasion that a stranger-properly identified the origin
of her name.
One day in the 1960's, Chester Stanley (Ralph's father) absent-mindedly referred to
Hieronymus as "Pantoosy" within the hearing range of the Neilsons. The comment was
an obtuse reference to the old black sloop-rigged yacht Pantooset which used to ply the
waters around Mt. Desert Island before World War I. Today "Pantoosy" remains a
nickname for Hieronymus.
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It is easy to imagine the difficulties the name Hieronymus causes when trying to place
a radiotelephone call. One must rapidly master the international phonetics; "Hotel, India,
Echo, Romeo,..." Albie's son Will recalls an occasion he repeated the phonetics numerous
times as the operator struggled to decipher the name. Much to Will's amusement, the
operator finally acknowledged, "Oh, Albie's sloop!"
Hieronymus was registered with the Society in 1966 and the Neilsons actively campaigned
her for about fifteen years until her crew scattered to various corners of the world. Older
campaigners recall chasing Hieronymus during one regatta at Friendship when she bumped
across a ledge. Apparently the incident looked far more dramatic from astern than it felt
on her deck. More dramatic from the deck was the time that, coming out the backdoor
at Friendship following a regatta, they snagged a ledge and ate lunch while awaiting the
tide to float them off. Hieronymus' best placing in a Homecoming Regatta was in 1975,
when the Neilsons won the Anjacaa Trophy (Class 'B' overall winner).
In the quarter of a century since the launching of Hieronymus, Ralph Stanley and Stanleybuilt sloops also have been active campaigners, and not infrequent winners, at the Society's
regattas. Ralph skippered the Amos Swan to the Eda Lawry Trophy in 1975 and three
times has skippered the Morning Star to the Jonah Morse Trophy (1984, 1985, and 1986).
Ralph Stanley, by vocation a master boatbuilder, by avocation a sailor-historian, and
by nature a gentleman, has been a steadfast contributor to the continuance of the Friendship sloop and the Friendship Sloop Society. Besides being an active campaigner, Ralph
has built at least four halfmodels for presentation by the Society. The most prominently
displayed is the one on the wall in the trophy room of the Corinthian Yacht Club, the
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Society's host for the annual Marblehead regatta. Ralph has been a frequent contributor
of articles for the Yearbook. And, of course, Ralph's entertaining the membership with
his fiddle has become legendary.
Many sloop owners know what Ralph has contributed to their own sloops, but few (and
certainly not this writer) know of all the sloops which Ralph has built, restored, repaired,
sparred, rigged or rerigged, or otherwise contributed to. In addition to Hieronymus (67),
a partial roll call includes: Dictator (2), Amity (9), Vigor (14), now Posh, Gypsy (43),
Surprise (49), Windward (61), Venture (66), Morning Star (82), Eagle (87), Magi (107,
now Magic), Amos Swan (111, now lost), Liberty (157), Freedom (167), Banshee (180),
Peregrine (187), and two Endeavors (196 & 201). Every Dictator-model hull and those
with fiberglass decks and cabins are replicas of Ralph Stanley's work.
When asked which is his favorite sloop, Ralph diplomatically avoids a direct answer.
If the reader wants to test the water, just mention the name of Endeavor (196) and watch
the twinkle in Ralph's eye and the curve of his mouth. Years ago, the late Bill Pendleton
(Blackjack) and Ralph discussed sloop ownership. When Ralph remarked that some day
he hoped to see his way clear to own a sloop, Bill said, "If you want a sloop, have one
even if you have to give up something! Give up something, but have that sloop!" Bill's
philosophy gnawed on Ralph until 1978 when Ralph, in a spur of the moment decision,
ordered the material for Endeavor. Ralph designed Endeavor on classic lines and Lowell
Wentworth recorded Ralph building her in the video The Friendship Sloop: A Heritage
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In November 1986, Ralph Stanley and his wife Marion agreed to an oral history interview by Bob Brooks and his wife Judy Oneal. The following conversation concerning Peter
Richardson was extracted from those recordings.
The conversation starts with the identification of the photograph above.
Ralph: That was the Sweet Pea. She was a 25 footer which belonged to Charles E. Richardson. Everybody called him Peter Richardson. Peter was a smooth, crackerjack sailor and
could do anything with that sloop.
Bob: You recognize him from the photo then?
Ralph: He wasn't sailing her that day. My great-uncle Lewis Stanley was sailing the boat
that day. Sometimes Peter might be indisposed and Uncle Lew would take the boat for him.
Marion: A nice way of saying he was drunk!
Bob: Is Peter the gent whom you wrote something about a couple of years ago? The same
gent who used to backwind her upside the dock with a bottle of rum in one hand?
Ralph: Yep! [chuckle] Yep, that's him! He was a character, but he could really handle
that sloop — he could put her anywhere. He used to sail the Appalachian Club and had
a standing order to sail them whenever they wanted to go out. He was out to Baker's Island
with a party of people one time and they decided they wanted to stay later.
"Alright," he said, "but it'll turn thick o'fog."
"Oh, no!" They didn't think so. "It doesn't look bad."
"Alright," he said, "I'll stay. If it doesn't bother you, it doesn't bother me."
The longer they stayed, the drunker he got as he was sipping rum all the afternoon and
all the evening. Well, finally they came down about ten o'clock to take her back to Northeast. It was dungeon-black thick o'fog. He had an old make'n'break Knox in that sloop.
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He started her up and headed for Northeast and they didn't see a thing. They knew he
was drunk and they were worried to death about whether they would make it or not. Finally,
they heard the bell on the Bear Island lighthouse, so they wanted to turn right there.
"Oh, there's the lighthouse. Let's turn right now!" All Peter would do was sing, "Give
Me Five Minutes More!" And he sung them that song and went five minutes more, then
hauled her up 'round north and went straight into Northeast Harbor. He could hardly stand
up.
Judy: Now, is that where he sailed out of?
Ralph: No! He'd sail out of Southwest, Northeast, anywheres. He was at Cranberry Island.
Bob: Do you know what happened to her?
Ralph: She was down at Uncle Lew's boatyard and she just fell apart. Jarvis [Newman]
has got the eagle from her. Somebody else took the trailboards, I think. There are still
pieces of her kicking around.
Bob: Now who did her?
Ralph: Wilbur Morse. Peter had her rebuilt in 1931 by Chester Clements at Southwest Boat.
Ralph wrote the following about Peter Richardson for the 1985 Yearbook:
Most every harbor on the coast had one or two men who became legends through their
ability to sail and handle Friendship sloops. Peter Richardson of Cranberry Isles was one
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remark to those watching on Seal's dock, punctuating it with a good swig of rum. With
the wind blowing directly on the public float, he would luff into the wind, drop his tiller
straight in its comb, leave the main sheet, go up on the bow and by backing the jib first
one way and then the other, he would back his sloop in beside the float. Someone would
hold the shroud and the party would pile aboard. He would take the tiller, trim the main,
fill away and be off for an afternoon sail.
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of spirits. Perhaps others can contribute such stories for future Yearbooks. For example,
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used for bait. Peter kept Sweet Pea spotless that day, but the fishing wasn't too great!
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Fresh Water Nightmare
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We took delivery of Down East, a Bruno & Stillman sloop built in 1970, in late October
or early November of 1976 on the northwest edge of Lake St. Clair in Michigan. Typical
of the season, it was COLD! After a couple of days of getting familiar with everything,
we pronounced ourselves "ready" to head for Port Clinton. Ohio on the southwest corner of Lake Erie.
As early as we could, departure was made the next morning. The trip down the river
through Detroit was very cold but a very happy occasion. Using the current to our advantage, we motorsailed with the Volvo, main, jib, and staysail until we got to Lake Erie.
Now, heading into unprotected waters, we began to feel the effects of the 20-25-knot
wind from the old northeast!
Having more enthusiasm than good common sense, we pressed on (Oh, that 20/20 hindsight!). Soon it was dark, so we lit the kerosene running lamps, put a single reef in the
main, doused the jib, and — as they say — had at it.
Lord, it was cold! We estimated it to be in the mid-thirties not counting the wind chill
factor.
By the time we got to a point of no return, it had piped up to white water everywhere.
The boom was constantly in the water due to our 25°± of heel and being on a broad reach.
The weather helm had gotten to be unbelievable! The main was out so far that we had
a huge luff in it, but we were still overpowered. Talk about rooster tails! Definitely made
the adrenalin pump! After several harrowing hours we could last see the loom of Perry's
Monument lights in the dark, dark distance. Finally! So we knew our navigation was O.K.
but we were now concerned with docking in such a wind — especially with that superlong bowsprit sticking out there.
As we approached the Catawba Island Club, we fired up the Volvo again in preparation
for dousing the sails. O.K. it was the time. Hard to port to come up into the wind. Nothing!
And headed right for a rocky shore! Our only hope now was that the weather helm which
we had would be enough to get the boom amidships where we could dump it all.
After what seemed to be hours, we finally did it and started to head for the Club channel under power — but we were losing ground! She just wouldn't come to port. So we
did what could almost be called a powered jibe by turning 270° to starboard. Needless
to say, we were not happy people when we finally were secure around midnight. That
was our first and last sail in Down East in 1976.
The yard called me a couple of weeks later to tell me I had a problem with the rudder.
It turns out that the fiberglass had lost its bond with the rudder post and was swinging
free and clear as it saw fit. We bonded stainless steel straps to the outside of the rudder
and through-bolted them to the rudder post. Problem solved!
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Pat is a 22-foot Roth design, bronze fastened, white cedar on oak on a mahogany backbone.
She has a lead keel. Lofting was a hassle as it was my first time, but I read a lot and
finally figured it out. On of my best helpmates was WoodenBoat. It seemed that every
time I came to a new phase, there it was in WE. I made my share of mistakes, but I am
optimistic she will float.
I have done all phases of construction including the caulking. Obtaining hardware such
as bronze stock has been a problem, especially rectangular, tangs, and the like. I like to
be independent; however, I did buy a mast at a price I could not afford to turn down.
This is my third year of construction. Almost everything I needed I had to buy out of
state. I was fortunate in having a friend who is a furniture maker and has many of the
tools which I do not. Also I met a master boat builder named Ellis Rowe and he has been
generous with his advice and knowledge. My future plans are to launch her at Lake Munroe
sometime after the first of the year and take her to Titusville, as this is closest to where I live.
My interest in Friendships was due to my fascination with older type boats and to Joe
Richards' stories on Princess in Rudder.
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by Commodore Bill Zuber
I'm told that all types of insanity do not necessarily produce negative results. I believe
after working alone for four years in my spare time resurrecting an original Bremen sloop
(that's the REAL original Friendship Sloop, for the uninitiated) that I can report a positive
side of this disease. For example, when I needed to get a four thousand pound lead keel
in place under the boat on a dirt floor, I addressed all those non-existent helpers. "Okay,
you guys, this is not going to be easy, but here's what I want you to do." I would then
carefully explain what I wanted the fictitious Joe, Mike, and Ed to do, and then do each
of their jobs myself while giving them some choice words for their extraordinary laziness.
By this method, spending many hours in my blue plastic palace, the following tasks have
been accomplished:
1. Removed all paint from hull and topsides.
2. Removed total interior down to planking and ribs.
3. Removed garboard planks port and starboard, chipped out concrete that had been
poured in bilge.
4. Removed 4000 pounds of iron sashweights that had been used for inside ballast.
Trucked them to Portland with mold for new cast keel; trucked new keel back and installed on dirt floor of boat shed.
5. Found original (1902) floor timber rib combinations of grown-to-shape white oak
which extended from center of keel approximately four feet up either side of the hull in
one piece!
6. Found original keel — 3V4" sided white oak with ribs notched in — in good
condition.
7. Found all original deck framing in good condition.
8. Found 22 cracked ribs on either side and sistered same.
9. Before fastening new ribs, I pulled the vessel back into a fair shape by a secret
method not freely divulged.
10. Added twelve 3" oak floor timbers; shaped and installed 4 foot new dead wood
forward, 6 foot new deadwood aft. Cut in and installed new lead keel into existing deadwood. Drilled and bolted all with stainless steel bolts.
11. Refastened existing cypress planks and ribs from keel to sheer with 4,346 two
and one-half inch hot-dipped galvanized iron nails. Each nail was pre-drilled, hammered
in with a three-pound maul, and peened over on the inside by a real helper wearing
ear-muffs.
12. Removed fiberglass from deck, amazed at how easy it was to peel it off.
13. Sanded and faired entire hull and decks in preparation for making everything
waterproof.
14. Tested various materials in conjuction with epoxy resin for adherence. Cotton
muslin and epoxy turned out to be the best combination.
15. Obtained 150 yards of 4 ft. wide cotton muslin. Asked wife to take this huge
load to a laundromat to wash, dry, and fold it after she told me that the sizing had to
be removed from the cloth for the epoxy to be absorbed properly.
16. Made sure that I was somewhere else when she returned.
17. Dampened cotton with water, rolled into strips, and put in freezer. Removed from
freezer and ironed smooth before applying to hull and deck with epoxy resin.
18. Cut large pine planks into 3/l6" by 2'4" strips on table saw; diagonally planked
entire hull with strips saturated with epoxy and fastened to hull with nylon nails imported
from England.
19. Removed old 90 h.p. 1200 pound engine; replaced with 40 h.p. 516 pound engine.
(Done with mirrors late at night)
20. Sanded and faired hull; applied another layer of ironed muslin and epoxy.
21. Planked deck with W x 1%" clear white pine (made from big boards on tablesaw)
set in epoxy; nail, drill, and fill nail holes with 2806 pine bungs set in epoxy; sanded,
and sealed.
22. Cut three feet of rotted area out of nine-inch solid Sitka mast; laminated filler
pieces of fir and shaped to size.
23. Cut up cockpit and installed new bridge deck and companionway. Went out to
junk pile and resurrected portion of cabin roof which I had cut off and shouldn't have.
24. Installed new natural white pine ceiling below; built new cabin sole; installed new
water tanks and fuel tanks.
25. Installed vee berths forward, and figured out where the head, galley, other four
berths, nav station, and main salon will be.
26. Covered entire hull with 40Z fiberglass and epoxy just to make sure. Sanded and
prepared exterior for paint.
27. Different engine required different shaft. Rebuilt rudder stock and fittings. Am
installing underwater hardware, thru-hulls, etc.
28. Figured rebuilt mast would require some new sails, and was shocked to discover
the sailmaker figured our 85-year-old girl carried 1,308 square feet of sail. Regrouped
to try to figure out how to afford some new sails and have an acceptable launching party
— hopefully by mid-June!
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Artios
The only Friendship sloop built of steel is Tim Bliss' Artios. Tim used to sail on Susan,
a big, fast Friendship sloop out of Fort Lauderdale. Racing in her and cruising the coast
of Florida and the Bahamas, he developed a respect for the speed, power and weatherly
qualities of the type. From Howard Chapelle at the Smithsonian he got the lines of Reta,
a 34-foot sloop built by Wilbur Morse in 1908.
Apprenticed to a sailmaker in Germany in 1972, Tim found that in Germany the easiest
and most economical material for a boat was steel. He took the lines to Lubbe, Vosz who,
he says, could fabricate anything, and had her bare hull constructed of 4mm plate. He
completed her himself in succeeding years. He put a teak deck over her steel deck, installed a big, 2-cylinder diesel engine, since replaced. Mast, spars, sails, rigging and accommodations he did pretty much himself. He was delighted with the way she sailed; and when
he returned to Florida, had her shipped across on the deck of a steamer.
Her name, Artios, is Biblical Greek used in the second epistle of Paul to Timothy 3:16-17.
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God...that the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works." Artios is the Greek word translated "perfect",
followed by exartizo, the two words together meaning "complete, fully equipped, lacking in no detail whatever." Applied to a sloop, it means "fully found." Tim says he has
spared no expense to make his boat artios, exartizo. She has for instance, a new diesel
engine, an aluminum mast that looks like wood, a complete set of Merriman lignum vitae
blocks and another set of light-weight stainless steel blocks; for although he started to
make her in every way traditional, in his work as a sailmaker and rigger he has come
to see the value of many innovations. Artios is fully found, even to a palm, sail needles,
twine and marline.
She now stands in his yard, artios, exartizo, for sale at a reasonable price. Write him
at 16450 SW 72nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33157.
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Playing By The Same Rules
Friendship sloop skippers are slow to protest a violation of the racing rules, for we are
not primarily either do-or-die competitors or sea lawyers, and we are inclined to avoid
unpleasant confrontations on our vacations. However, lest a friendly race become a game
of chicken with 7-ton sloops — victory to the ruthless or the ignorant — we should review
the fundamental rules under which we have agreed to sail.
These are promulgated by the North American Yacht Racing Union and with their interpretations and explanations fill a thick pamphlet. No doubt each skipper should know
all of them, but we don't, and many of them are irrelevant to our races. However the
few basic ones should be in the head of every skipper and helmsman.
1. These rules apply to those racing and about to race, so are in force even before
the ten-minute gun. However, between boats racing and not racing, the International Rules
of the Road apply.
2. If two vessels are on opposite tacks, the vessel on the starboard tack has the right
of way. A boat is on the starboard tack when the boom is on the port side. This rule is
fundamental and takes precedence over almost every other.
3. If one boat is overtaking another on the same tack, before there is an overlap, either
boat can sail as she sees fit. If the overtaking boat goes to windward, the overtaken boat
to leeward can luff and force the overtaking boat to luff until the helmsman of the overtaking boat sees the mast of the other abeam from his position at the helm. At this point,
he should hail "Mast abeam" and the leeward boat can no longer luff.
If the overtaking boat goes to leeward, she cannot at any time during the overlap luff
the boat to windward.
The boat being overtaken cannot bear off on the overtaking boat to leeward below
the proper course to the next mark.
4. In rounding a mark, the inside boat has the right of way if her bowsprit overlaps
any part of the leading boat's gear before the leading boat is within two lengths of the
mark. If the overtaking boat believes he has an overlap, he should hail the leading boat.
The helmsman of the leading boat should reply, lest there be a misunderstanding leading
to an expensive collision.
5. If a boat hits a mark, she must continue around it on the proper side and then round
it again on the proper side without hitting it. While she is doing this, she must keep clear
of all others.
6. If a boat is over the starting line early, she must return and cross it properly. While
she is doing this, she must keep clear of all others.
7. Before the starting gun, any leeward boat may luff one to windward but must do
it slowly. After the starting gun, no leeward yacht may sail above the proper course to
the next mark or above close-hauled until she is clear of the line.
8. Barging at the start is forbidden. That is, one cannot lurk to windward of the starting line and bear down with sheets started to force a passage between another boat and
the buoy. The leeward boat has the right of way and the windward boat must keep clear,
even if he has to pass on the wrong side of the mark, return, and start again.
There are many more rules dealing with special situations which might apply. However,
with a knowledge of the basic rules above and with a decent respect for safety and common courtesy, we should be able to keep out of each other's way. In cases of serious
disagreement, fly a red flag, protest, and let the Race Committee make the decision with
no hard feelings.
Pendleton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Of The Friendship Sloop Society
by Elbert Pratt, Chairman
Bill Pendleton was a charter member of the Friendship Sloop Society when it was formed in 1961. Bill brought his sloop, Blackjack, to Friendship and participated with 11 other
skippers in the one race held that year. In the years that followed, the membership list
grew along with the popularity of the Society, and the racing fleet expanded to a maximum of about 63 boats in the late 1960's.
At one regatta, when the "old guard" assembled to discuss the events of the past year
over a brew, Bill noted that the Sloop Society ought to do more than play at racing around
Muscongus Bay for two or three days each summer. The members come, he said, bringing a substantial spectator fleet, while a crowd of spectators gathers at the shore. Our
boats and racing gear clutter the harbor and bay. People jam the wharves and streets of
town. It is an inconvenience for the local people to have us here. We were not invited.
Our founders thought that it would be great to have a "homecoming" each year for the
sloops, with owners and friends enjoying the camaradie of people with like interests.
The residents have accepted and supported our whim. They have helped us in preparations for, holding, and cleaning up after each regatta. In the early years they put together
and served wonderful awards banquets of beans and ham. We have done little in return.
From this and other discussions the plan evolved for a scholarship fund to assist the sons
and daughters of Friendship residents to further their educations through college or other
post-high school study.
The plan was discussed at a pre-race skippers' meeting in 1967 and adopted at the annual meeting in 1968. Sloop Society members and townspeople have raised scholarship
funds through the operation of the Society gift shop during the races and at other events
sponsored by the Society or the people of Friendship. Many items for the shop were donated
by local people. Sums of over $2,000.00 were realized one year and over $1,000.00 in
each of two additional years from the regatta gift shop alone. The money for the ice used
aboard the boats at the regatta went into the fund. Visitors made spur-of-the-moment contributions. When Seller's Catering Service began catering the awards banquets, the staff
members contributed their time and the company paid for all the food, its preparation,
and transportation. The $2.00 banquet fee went into the Scholarship Fund, as did the waiters'
and waitresses' tips in at least one year. And the Sloop Society makes contributions annually from its treasury. Particularly heartening are the instances where former recipients
of the award came into the gift shop, made purchases, and paid more than the sale price,
stating that the rest was for the Scholarship Fund. Each had benefited from the program
and wanted to help provide that opportunity for another person.
The endowment was big enough in 1969 to provide one $250.00 award. Now the endowment proceeds amount to $2,500.00 to $3,000.00 annually, making possible three or
more scholarships, as the committee may deem appropriate. The endowment principal,
currently standing at $38,000.00, is held in Certificates of Deposit to insure the greatest
security and stability. On the average, two or three boys and girls have been helped each
year. Occasionally there are no applicants at all. In one year, six applications were accepted, in another, five, with the proceeds distributed accordingly.
In 1983, through the execution of an Indenture of Trust, the Sloop Society relinquished
direct control of the Scholarship Fund and placed it in the hands of a seven-member Board
of Trustees, all of whom are members of the Society. The name was changed to the Beatrice
Pendelton Memorial Scholarship Fund of the Friendship Sloop Society, in memory of Bill's
first wife, an enthusiastic member and supporter. When Bill died, the Trustees voted to
change the name to the Pendleton Memorial Scholarship Fund of the Friendship Sloop
Society, in memory of both.
In 1986 the Society lost a dear friend, stauncn supporter, and former president, Bill
Hadlock. Bill took a special interest in the Scholarship program and served as President
of the Board until his death. The present Board is dedicated to continuing that work, building
the Fund, and helping to broaden the horizons of Friendship young people who otherwise
might not have that opportunity.
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1942 Nichols, Philip J.
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1938 Carter, W. Scott
1964 Roth McKie
1902 McLain, Robert & Son
1907 Morse
1934 Nichols, Philip J.
1951 Pamcl Harbor Boat
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1963 Dion, Fred
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Morse, Wilbur A.
1968 Roth, McKie
Deschenes & Willett
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1906 Robinson, Edward
1975 Greene, William A.
1976 INI (D-05)/Morris T.
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TBL NEY (B4)/Unfmished
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1977 Davidson, Jason
1981 JNI (D-17)/Pettigrew
1979 Tan Hee Leong
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DeSousa, John, Rev.
Maloney, Michael A.
Pritoni, Marilyn J.
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Flanders. William
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Lindquist. Albert W.
Lecomte, Bryan
Greene, William A.
Manookian, William
York. Gale
George Rivers Marine
Hargrove, Gregor
Ebringer, Fred
Echcverria, Diana
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Alvin J. Zink, Jr., skipper of Seal and Robert C. Brooks, skipper of Morning Star,
have been very busy during the last year searching out the whereabouts and new
owners of a great many sloops of whkh we had lost track. Sometimes it involved merely
a single telephone call, but in a great many cases it took many calls, several letters,
and a good deal of private eye work. The results have been magnificent. The following list is far more complete and accurate than last year's and we have added many
new owners to our list of members. However, there are two lists following the main
list to whkh we solkit additions or information. The list of boats wrecked, destroyed,
or otherwise no longer active is at best tentative. The list of sloops missing, sloops
of which we have no up-to-date record, is also one on which we need help. If anyone
has information which will help, call or write:
Mr. Alvin J. Zink, Jr., 21 Chester Street, Andover, Massachusetts, 01810; or Mr.
Robert C. Brooks, 24 Silverton Drive, Nashua, N.H. 03062.
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30'
22'
45'
30'
33'
30'
30'
25'
30'
25'
36'
28'
25'
22'
41'
21'
28'
33'
28'
27'
20'
25'
31'"
38'
30'
32'
35'
26'
23'
35'
30'
30'
30'
33'
33'
29'
32'
30'
32'
22'
47'
33'
25'
21'
30'
32'
25'
23'
29'
33'
33'
27'
33'
25'
W
30'
32'
33'
26'
30'
35'
26'
28'
37'
32'
35'
38'
28'
30'
22'
38'
24'
22' '
30'
22'
BUILDER
Morse, Charles A.
McLain, Robert
Morse, Wilbur A.
Morse, Albion F.
Ford, Stuart M.
Chadwick, James
Carter, W. Scott
Morse
Morse, Wilbur A.
Lash Brothers
Gannet
Morse, Wilbur A.
Morse, Charles A.
Morse, Wilbur/nephew
Stevens, E.L.
Gannet
McLain, Eugene
Morse, Charles A.
Morse, Wilbur A.
Morse
Simmons, Carleton
Thorpe, John
Unknown
Morse, Wilbur A.
Morse Boatyard
Morse, Wilbur A.
McKean, R./
Carter, W.S.
Gannet
Morse, Charles A.
Unknown
Morse, Wilbur A.
Morse, Wilbur A.
Nichols, Philip J.
Gannet
Clapp, Nathaniel D.
Unknown
Morse, Wilbur A.
Carter, W. Scott
Lash Brothers
Jones, J. Ervin
Unknown
Simmons/Hennings
Crouse, Judson
Morse, Wilbur A.
Carter, W. Scott
Lash Brothers
Roth, McKie
Provener, F.A.
Nichols, Philip 1.
Collemer, Elmer
Morse, Wilbur A.
Lash Brothers
Morse, Wilbur A.
Lee Boatyard
Morse, Wilbur A.
Morse, Charles A.
Rockefeller, James S
Maxwell, Jeremy D.
Newbcrt & Wallace
McLain, Robert & Son
Rockefeller, James S.
Chadbourne, Lester
Speers
Lash Brothers
Morse
Morse, Wilbur A.
Stanley. Ralph W.
Hall, James H.
Smith. Verncll
Morse. Roger
McLain, Alexander
Nichols, Philip J.
Pamet Harbor Boat
Brewer, Malcolm
Morse, Wilbur A.
Morse. Charles A.
Morse. Charles A.
Wilcox, Reginald
Chemault. AT.. HI
Buck. F./Adams. E.L.
Dion, Fred
Morse. Albion F.
Bruno & Slillman (01)
Roth. McKic
Maxwell, Jeremy D.
Harding, Albert M.
Roth. McKie
Bruno & Stillman (02)
Roth. McKie
YEAR
1906
1904
1915
1910
1961
1956
1937
OLD
1902
1958
1938
1902
1902
1946
1942
1942
1909
1912
1900
1910
1947
1961
1899
1900
UNK
1910
1939
1932
1902
OLD
1914
1906
1942
1947
1962
OLD
1916
1938
1963
1962
UNK
1963
1939
1913
1937
1964
1964
1939
1965
1962
UNK
1965
1915
1965
1915
1907
1965
1969
1963
1902
1966
UNK
1953
1965
1907
1912
1962
1967
1967
1967
1902
1934
1951
1965
1901
1925
1905
1958
1954
1941
1963
1912
1969
1969
1974
1970
1969
1969
1970
OWNER
Kippen, John
Pappas, George
Reregistered 1965
Destroyed ca. 1980
Langton, Richard W.
Duncan, Roger/Mary
Cronin, John D.
Destroyed ca.1968
Wiggins, James Russell
Griffin, Joseph
Kingsbury, Nicholas
Last seen c.1984
Pierpont, James R.
Harding, Curtis E.
Loos, George J.
Rice, John W.
Sunk/Destroyed '73
Wiegleb, Ernst
Fletcher, Wilson
Unknown
Marsetla, Steven
Collins, John G., IV
Olson, Lloyd C.
Vibber, H.C. (Jack)
Unknown
Destroyed ca.1982
RESIDENCE
Ipswich, MA
Scarborough, NY
HOME PORT
-Ashore, MA
Ossining, NY
-See #55
© Lynn, MA
-Destroyed
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Edgecomb, ME
East Boothbay, ME
East Boothbay, ME
Sturbridge, MA
Salem Willows, MA
@ New Bedford, MA
-Destroyed
Brooklin, ME
Benjamin River, ME
Damariscotta, ME
Damariscotta, ME
Kcnnebunkport, ME
Cape Porpoise, ME
@ Little Compton, RI
-Gone??
Milford, CT
Milford, CT
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Cape May Court House, NJ Cape May, NJ
Scituate, MA
Scituate, MA
@ Melbourne, FL
-Sunk/Destroyed
Friendship, ME
Friendship, ME
Bar Harbor, ME
Northeast Harbor, ME
-Gone??
Cranston, RI
East Greenwich, RI
East Hampton, NY
3 Mile Harbor, NY
Boothbay, ME
Pleasant Cove, ME
Waterford, CT
New London, CT
-Gone??
@ Waterford, CT
-Destroyed
Wilmington, DE
Homsey, Eldon
Unknown
Wrecked 12/24/77
@ Hillsboro Inlet, FL
Sunk ca.'65
@ Boston Harbor, MA
DeSousa, John
Friendship, ME
Rowley, Craig
Amstn, CT
Maloney, Michael A.
Unknown
Lane, James B.L.
Winchester, MA
Clapp, Nathaniel D.
Prides Crossing, MA
Pritoni, Marilyn J.
Waldoboro, ME
Maine Maritime Museum
Bath, ME
Unknown
DeGrenier, Armand
Newburyport, MA
Wilder, Carl ton
Green Cove Springs, FL
Reregistered 1973
Plymouth, MA
Perrone, Fred
Lash, Robert S.
Orland, Me
Barth, Roland S.
Alna, ME
Crowley, Kevin J.
Exeter, NH
Leavenworth, Bill
Searsmont, ME
Unknown
Destroyed 10/85
@ Rockport, ME
Phaneuf, Robert P.
Chelmsford, MA
Hadlock, Barbara
South Freeport, ME
Unknown
Cronin, Philip M.
Cambridge, MA
Houston, Donald
Nahant, MA
Thon, William
Port Clyde, ME
Destroyed ca.1968
Maine Maritime Museum
Bath, ME
Ahlgren, Dorothy
Kittery Point, ME
Chase, R.W. (Ted)
New Harbor, ME
Hanks, Ted
Jefferson, ME
DeCesare, Victor
Glastonbury, CT
Westphal, David
Northeast Harbor, ME
Unknown
Gervais, Tom
Vineyard Haven, MA
Pontiff, Jeff
Plymouth. MA
Smiih, James
Toromo, Ont.
Kleinschmidt. R. Stevens ' Pittsfield, ME
Neilson, Albert P.
Avondalc. PA
Farrin, Patrick
Boothbay, ME
Rutlcdge, John M,
Kittery Point, ME
Worth, John D., Ill
Camden, ME
Zuber/Hancock
Friendship, ME
Unknown
Unknown
Arens. John
Westwood, MA
Monier, William
Sparta, NJ
Destroyed ca.1980
@ Vineyard Haven, MA
Unknown
Burned 1974 @ Southport MEgi Southport. ME
Destroyed ca,1979
@ Slidcll. LA
Head, Christopher
Manomet. MA
Unknown
Oneal-Brooks. Judy A.
Nashua. NH
Jacobson. Robert L.
Carversville, PA
Condon. Richard
Waitsville. VT
Maxwell. Jeremy D,
Spruce Head. ME
Whitehousc. Hale
Cape Porpoise, ME
Dodd. Christopher
Weathersfkld, CT
Landemare. H. Maurice
Tom's River, NJ
West, Francis (Pat)
Vineyard Haven. MA
Haver De Grace, MD
-Gone??
-Wrecked
-Sunk
-Ashore, ME
-Rebuilding, CT
-Unknown
-Ashore, MA
-Stored, MA
-Ashore, ME
Bath, ME
-Miami?
Annisquam, MA
Orangedale, FL
-See #137
Plymouth, MA
Buck's Harbor, ME
Round Pond, ME
Newburyport, MA
Camden, ME
-San Francisco?
-Destroyed
Kennebunkport, ME
South Freeport, ME
-Gone??
Friendship, ME
Nahant, MA
Port Clyde, ME
-Destroyed
-Rebuilding, ME
Pcpperell Cove, ME
Back Cove, ME
South Bristol, ME
-Rebuilding, CT
Gt. Cranberry I., ME
-Gone??
Vineyard Haven, MA
Plymouth, MA
Toronto, Ont.
Somesviile, ME
Southwest Harbor, ME
Southport, ME
Pcpperell Cove, ME
Camden, ME
Friendship, ME
-Unknown
-Unknown
Cataumet. MA
City Island. NY
-Destroyed
-Unknown
-Burned
-Destroyed
Marion. MA
-Unknown
Southwest Harbor, ME
Greenwich, NJ
Essex, MA
Spruce Head Is., ME
Tenants Harbor, ME
Hamburg Cove, CT
Tom's River, NJ
Vineyard Haven. MA
57
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
SALATIA
PHOENIX
PUFFIN
ANNA R.
DIANA
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100,
WEST W I N D
VOYAGER
GANNET
DOWN EAST
BUCCANEER
10!.
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108.
109.
110.
111.
112.
113.
1 14.
115.
116.
117.
118.
119.
120.
121.
122.
123.
124.
125.
1969
1970
1975
1970
Lauriat. Miff
Beck. Alfred E.
Flemming. Suzanne
Rich. Stuan L.
Skowhcgan. ME
Vinalhavcn. ME
Warwick. RI
Cape Elizabeth. ME
Southwest Harbor. ME
Vinalhavcn. ME
East Greenwich. Rl
Roque Bluffs. ME
27'
30'
27'
Newmn (P02)/Morris
Bruno & Sciilman (04)
Rockefeller. J./Day. B.
Rich. Kenneth
Newman (P03)/
Rockefeller
Morse. Charles A.
Lash Brothers
Unknown
Bruno & Stillman (06)
Morse. Wilbur A.
1970
1902
1965
1903
1970
I89x
Gay. Ebene7.er
Fassak. John
MacKenzie. Bernard W.
Collycr. Willis H.
Broughlon. Gilbert J.
Unknown
Hingham. MA
Mansfield. MA
Scituate. MA
Miltlapoisett. MA
Unknown
Vinalhaven. ME
-Rebuilding. MA
Scituate. MA
-Rebuilding. MA
-Unknown
-Gone1.'.'
26'
30'
35'
25'
28'
30'
25'
22'
37'
31'
25'
26'
27'
30'
Backman. Bernard
Bruno & Slillman (07)
Vosz. Lubbe/Germany
Newman (P04)/Morris
Collcmer. Elmer
Bruno & Stillman (05 1
Newman (P05)/Ne\vman
Passamaquoddy Yacht
Morse. Charles A.
Cooper. G.
White. Robert T.
Morse. Wilbur A.
Nichols, Philip J.
Bruno & Stillman ( I 4 a )
1970
1971
1972
1970
1950
1971
1970
1970
1905
19.33
I97S
1910
1971
1971
Outward Bound School
Hotclling. David R.
Bliss. Tim
Ruff. Curtis C.
Ewing. James
Kwass. George F.
Reiff. William C.
Kandutsch. Nancy
Destroyed ca. 1972
Libby. Robert
Unknown
Wrecked 11/80
Monk. Robert M
Craig. James J.
Hurricane Island. ME
Rockland. ME
Frecport, ME
South Freeport. ME
Miami, FL
-Rebuilding. Miami. FL
Stoninglon. ME
Falmoulh, ME
West Hampton Beach. NY Hampton Bay. NY
Andover. MA
Manchester. MA
Bar Harbor. ME
Somesville. ME
Bar Harbor. ME
Surry. ME
-Destroyed
Cape Porpoise. ME
Chabcague Is.. ME
-Unknown
@ Camden. ME
-Wrecked
Winthrop. MA
Burlington. MA
Keyport. NJ
Keyport. NJ
.30'
Bruno & Stillman (08)
Bruno & Stiliman ( 1 2 )
Bruno & Stillman
Bruno & Stillman (10)
Bruno & Stillman (14b)
Bruno * Stillman ( 1 5 )
Simmons. Carleton
Collemer. Elmer
Nash. F. /Coffin. E.
Burnham. Charles A.
Bruno & Stillman ( 1 7 )
Paquette. Al
Spear, Chester
Unknown
Collemer/Lanning
Schafer. Andrew P.
Newman (P06)/Morris
Chase. John
Morse, Wilbur A.
Bruno & Stillman
Quoddy/Collins
Newman (P07)/Morris
Morse. Charles A.
Morse. Wilbur A.
Gardner. Robert P.
Newman (P08)/Morris
Roth. McKie
Hall. James H.
Archbold. Peter
Newman (PIO)/Morris
Newman (P09)/Morris
Newman (D02)/Lanning
Newman (POO/Chase. C
Newman (DO] )/Jones
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971
1971
Schunemann. Wm. F.
Goodfriend. Harvev J.
Wrecked 7/77
Crumpton. John R. Jr.
Ncwsham. Elizabeth
Wolfe. Paul D.
Reserved for C. Simmons
Dobbin. Bruce & C.I.
Tarr, Douglas
Burnham. Charles A.
Sharabura. Richard/Tina
Holbrook. Fred
Braimree. MA
Simsbury. CT
@ Whaleback Ledge. ME
Oxford. ME
Pasadena. MD
Pittsburg. PA
@ Friendship. ME
Redmond. WA
Bar Harbor. ME
Essex. MA
Toronto. Ontario
Rochester. MA
25'
iff
25'
25'
25'
40'
.12'
MORNING WATCH;
Yawl
MINERVA
ARTIOS/Stcel
SOLASTER
COCKLE
AT LAST
HOLD TIGHT
MAGIC
LOON
PETREL
AM1STAD
AMOS SWAN
SECRET
YANKEE PRIDE
LONG TERM
CHARTER
GOOD FRIEND
TINQUA
LEADING LIGHT
WENONAH
VALHALLA
—Reserved—
CLARA
EDEN
RESOLUTE
CALLIPYGIOUS
BILLY BUDD
30'
SOSO'
soso'
27'
25'
28'
SO'
25'
20'
28'
31'
25'
25'
SOSO'
30'
22'
25'
28'
38'
25'
25'
149.
150.
151.
152.
153.
154.
155.
156.
157.
158.
159.
160.
161.
162.
163
164.
165
166.
167
168.
WHIM
LUCY S.
SCHOODIC
G1SELA R.
NARHWAL
NOAHSARK
VOGEL FREI
INDEPENDENCE
FAMOUS BEAR
HATSY
SQUIRREL
AYESHA
UNICORN
MARISTAN
BRANDYWINE
THE JAMES HALL
ALBATROSS
FAIR AMERICAN
JOSIE
YANKEE LADY
FIDDLEHEAD
ANNA B.
SLOOP OUT OF
WATER
FIDDLER'S GREEN
WOODCHIPS
DEPARTURE
OLLIE M.
ANGELUS
MUSCONGUS
QUEEQUEG
DEPARTURE
LIBERTY
EVA R. /Marconi
PACIFIC CHILD
DEFIANCE
SUMMERW1ND
IRENE
REWARD
JESSIE MAY
REUNION
SCHOODIC
FREEDOM
LOON
42'
25'
25'
14'
32'
22'
28'
25'
31'
31'
33'
30'
22'
22'
38'
25'
28'
25'
25'
28'
30'
169,
170
171
172.
173.
174.
175.
176.
177.
178.
DEFIANCE
LADY OF THE WIND
GOLDEN ANCHOR
AMNESTY
MEDUSA/Ferrocemeril
—None—
EDELWEISS
TRUMPETER
-None—
ESSENTIAL
22'
31'
31'
25'
25'
31'
15'
28'
19'
25"
126.
127.
128.
129.
130.
131.
132.
133.
134.
135.
136.
137.
138.
139.
140.
141.
142.
143.
144.
145.
146.
147.
148.
25'
21'
25'
25'
31'
25'
31'
Unknown
Jenkins, Roy O.
Deschenes & Willett
Unknown
Murphy. Kent F.
Quoddy/Collins
Morse. Albion F.
Newman (Pill/Morris
Newman (D03)/Morris
Newman (D04)/Salter
Robinson. Edward
Bruno & Stillman (03)
Roth. McKie
Guild. S./Canncll. W.
Morse. Charles A.
Greene. William A.
Morse. Charles A.
Nicdcrer. Clifford G.
Concordia Co.
Stanley. Ralph W.
Newben &
Wallace/Jacob
Dow. Eric
Newman (D05)/Morris
Newman (D06)/Morris
Drake. Jim
Nowell. Ron
Newman (D07)/Standish
Major. David
Morse. Charles A.
Ahem (B4)/Unfmished
Newman (PISl/Chasc. C
I960
1971
I97S
1971
1969
1939
189x
1973
1969
1972
1972
UNK
1973
1973
1973
1920
1906
1973
1973
1968
1974
1976
1974
1974
1974
1970
1974
OLD
1978
UNK
UNK
1977
1975
1909
1975
1975
1980
1906
1969
1973
1976
1917
1975
1906
1975
1967
1976
1974
1976
1976
1976
1980
UNK
TBL
UNK
189x
TBL
1977
Unknown
Unknown
Lanning, Bruce
Unknown
Roscnbaum, James
Willis. Richard R.
Unknown
Schwarzmann. Frederick G.
Horigan. Jim
Kennedy. Richard C.
Moxon. Larry
Thomas, Larry
Day. Chris
Clark. Stan
Unknown
Sherboume. John L.
Locke, Stephen/Annette
Sheeny, Robert
Amsbary. Doug
Edwards, Paul G.
Jackson. Harry
McQuaid. C. Murray
Vinciguerra, Joe
Jenkins. Roy O.
Willett. Thomas E.
Bigelow. Llewellyn
Murphy. Kent F.
Colltns 4 Sleeper
Unknown
Roman. Mark
Russell. James A.
Salter, Richard H.
Lecomtc. Bryan
Nosworthy. John R.
Hendry. Morgan L.
Spencer. Howard E.. Jr.
Lucia. Ron/Jane
Greene. William A.
Mayhew. Dennis
Slober. Mason III
Hall. Elton (Toby)
Dudman. Richard
Jacob. Hugh L.
Leavy. Jonalhan/Vivi
Manookian. William
Golden Anchor Inn
Drake. Jim
Unknown
Standish. Arnic/Jet'f
Major. David
Unknown
Georges River Marine
Stein, Robert M.
Winter Harbor. ME
Milwaukee. Wl
Ipswich. MA
Far Hills, NJ
Reading. MA
Nobleboro, ME
Mystic, CT
Jefferson, LA
Islesboro. ME
Southwest Harbor. ME
Deerfield. NH
Brockport. NY
Santa Maria, CA
Francortia. NH
Mattituck. NY
Groton. CT
Jacksonville. FL
Andover. MA
East Vassalboro. ME
Holden, MA
Alexandria. VA
Swampscott. MA
South Yarmouth. MA
Riviera Beach. FL
Northeast Harbor. ME
Manchester. MA
Unknown
San Diego. CA
Wilmington. DE
Ellsworth. ME
Dunbarton. NH
Unknown
St. Clair. MI
Concord. CA
So. Dartmouth. MA
Ellsworth. ME
Bonita Springs. FL
Newton. MA
New York City. NY
Bar Harbor. ME
Carlisc. PA
Brunswick. ME
Putney. VT
Thomaston. ME
Huntington. NY
Wcymouth. MA
Groton. CT
-Wrecked
South Freeport. ME
Pasadena. MD
Eric Harbor. PA
-Reserved
Anacortes. WA
Bar Harbor. ME
Essex. MA
Toronto. Ontario
Mattipoisett. MA
-Unknown
-Unknown
Winter Harbor. ME
-Unknown
Milwaukee Harbor. WI
Ipswich Bay. MA
-Unknown
Oxford. MD
Swampscort. MA
Round Pond, ME
-Ashore. CT
Mandeville. LA
Islesboro, ME
Manse!. ME
-Unknown
Portsmouth, NH
Rochester. NY
Santa Maria, CA
Pemaquid Harbor, ME
Mattituck, NY
Groton, CT
Boothbay Harbor. ME
-Patio Gazebo. MA
East Boothbay. ME
-Unfinished
Alexandria, VA
Swampscott. MA
Bass River. MA
-Unknown
Rhode
Keel or centerboard,
the Rhodes 19 is a
safe, comfortable
family boat as well
as a spirited
competitor. The
Rhodes 19 is
crafted to the
very highest
standards of
quality at
pur factory
in Maine.
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Manchester. MA
-Unknown
San Diego. CA
Round Pond. ME
Pretty Marsh. ME
Rockland. ME
-Unknown
St. Clair. MI
Padanaram. MA
Islesford. ME
M
Friendship. ME
Winthrop, MA
Mamaronek. NY
Bar Harbor. ME
Baltimore. MD
-Unknown
-Unfinished. ME
I
-Unknown
-Unfinished, ME
Huntington, NY
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180.
181'
182
183.
184.
185.
186.
187
188.
189.
190.
CELENE
BANSHEE
ROBRA
CHARITY
SILVER HEELS
PERSEVERANCE
SARD
RAGTIME ANNIE
PEREGRINE
MAUDE
TRADITION
AIKANE
22'
25'
19'
22'
25'
27'
27'
22'
27'
32'
31'
31'
191.
192.
193.
194.
195.
196.
197.
198.
199.
22'
ANNABELLE
22'
KERVIN RIGGS
32'
LADY
HUCKLEBERRY BELl E25'
PRINCESS/Marconi
25'
25'
ENDEAVOR
31'
CHRISTANIA
31'
BAY LADY
31'
TRINITY
200.
201.
202.
203.
204.
205.
206.
207.
208.
209.
210.
211.
212.
213.
214.
215.
216.
217.
218.
219.
220.
221.
222.
223.
224.
225.
226.
227.
228.
229.
230.
231.
232.
233.
234.
235.
236.
ESTELLA A.
ENDEAVOR
ARRIVAL
AURORA
MARIE-ANNE
DAY STAR
MARY ELIZA
SAFE HOME
LADYSHIP
FRIEND SHIP
THE SLOOP JOHN B.
ANSA
ACHATES
AMIE
GAVIOTA
ELLEN A N N E
AMITY/Marconi
ODYSSEY
WILLIAM M. R A N D
YANKEE BELLE
AIKANE II
SEAL
LADY JANE
HOSTESS
TRUELOVE
PHILIP J. NICHOLS
DESIREE
CELEBRATION
CAIRDEAS
CAPT'N GEORGE
HEGIRA
SOLOMON GUNDY
COMPROMISE
PRINCESS PAT
ELIZABETH J A N E
FINEST KIND
AUNTY POOLE
22'
22'
25'
237.
238.
R.V. WINKLE
VIKING
19'
22'
34'
31'
31'
27'
28'
31'
31'
31'
31'
22'
22'
22'
25'
31'
22'
39'
33'
22'
23'
r
r
8'
; 59'
8'
r
5'
22'
30'
25'
22'
22'
22'
Unknown
OLD
Newman (P12)/Wojcik
1978
Ahem (B3)/Brownlie
1975
Apprenticeship
1977
Newman (P14)/Morris
1978
Simms Yachts
1963
Ham, J. Philip
1978
Bolger/Appollino
1975
Stanley, Ralph W.
1977
1939
Gamagc, Harvey
Newman (D14)/Nehrbass 1981
Newman (D10)/
1978
Chase, C.
Apprenticeshop
1978
1977
Roth. McKie
1978
Gamage, Harvey
1977
Niedcrcr. Clifford G.
1910
Morse, Wilbur A.
Stanley. Ralph W.
1979
1978
Newman ( D i n / D a v i s
Newman (D12)/Lanning 1979
Newman (D13)/
Thompson
1979
1904
McLain, Robert E.
Newman (D08)/Genthner 1979
Newman (D09)/Niedrach 1981
Unknown
OLD
Davidson, Jason
1977
Mosher, Richard E.
TBL
Newman (D15)/Clarke
1979
Melquist, H.
1980
Newman (D17)/Lanning 1981
Newman (D17)/Pettigrew 1981
Quoddy/Oliva
1974
Hamilton, James D.
1982
Roth. McKie
1980
Hoicomb. Bob
1978
Newman (D19)/Pettigrew 1982
Passamaquoddy Yachts
1968
Carter. W. Scott
1941
Shoreline Boats
1972
Rand, John B.
1982
Edwards, Paul G.
1983
Newman (D20)/Peltigrew 1984
Ahern (01)/Zink
1984
Mclnnes. Richard L.
1982
Newman (P17)/Chase. P. 1981
Wainwright. Jim
1983
Nichols. Philip J.
1981
Plummer. Larry
1987
Newman (P15)/Hodgdon 1980
Ahern/Fitzgerald
1987
Bruno & Stillman (09)
1970
Roth. McKie
1980
Roth/Butcher
1984
Ahern (08)/White '
1979
Armstrong, Harry
1987
Roth/Owens
1985
Guild. S /Heath, G.
1981
Bryant, Harry/
Ferrocement
1970
Ahern/Patten
975
Ahern/Ulwick
1980
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Unknown
Woicik, John & Carol
Borden, Henry K.
Watson, Theodore S.
Sanders, Jack S.
Paluch, Denis
Eaton, Douglas W.
Stoodley, Bartlctt H., Jr.
Blanchard, Peter P.. Ill
Chaput, Frank
Nehrbass, Roger
Norwell, MA
Danvers, MA
South Darthmoulh, MA
Jefferson City, MO
Chicago, IL
Portsmouth, NH
Unity, ME
Ml. Desert, ME
Newburyport, MA
Port Washington. WI
Burned 2/12/83
South Street Seaport
Chase, John
Gamage, Linwood
Nofzinger, John
Richards, Joe
Holtzmann, Betsy
Hliva, Joe & Miriam
Fish, Robert
@ Stonington. ME
New York, NY
Chapel Hill, NC
South Bristol, ME
Florence, AL
New Jersey
Southwest Harbor, ME
Greenwich, CT
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Jacoby, Doug
Mystic Seaport Museum
Genthner, James
Niedrach, Anne
Greenpoint Boatyard
Echeverria, Diana
Mosher, Richard E.
Clarke, Wyndham
Rose, Kevin
Dewsnap, Toni F.
Unknown
Pen-in, AL
Hamilton, James D.
Leigh, Richard C.
Hanson & Lovelace
Karoff & Montgomery
Colinan, David
Nichols, John F
Haynicz, Peter
Rand, John/William. M. Jr.
Edwards. Paul G.
Marden. Hal C.. Jr.
Zink, A l i v n J
Mclnnes, Richard L.
Chase. John P.
Wainwright, Jim
Knudsen. Siguard A.. Jr.
Plummer, Larry
Merrill. Greg/Annette
Fitzgerald, John F.
Durant. Waller/John
MacClain. David
Butcher. William C./Jill
Toppan, Peter C.
Armstrong. Harold T
Owens, D. William. Ill
Looram. Michael E.
Marblehead, MA
Mystic, CT
Fairhaven, MA
Amherst, NH
Ipswitch, MA
Unknown
Kalamazoo, MI
Washington, DC
Westborough, MA
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Canandaigua. NY
Andover. MA
Nashville. TN
Edmonds. WA
Shrewsbury. MA
Lincoln. RI
New York. NY
East Stroudsburg, PA
Lincoln Center. MA
Mattituck, NY
Wilmington, DE
Andover, MA
Bclpre. OH
Marblehead, MA
Gig Harbor, WA
Freeport. ME
Newbury. MA
Southbury. CT
East Walpolc. MA
Mystic, CT
Glastonbury, CT
Sufficld. CT
Scituale. MA
Winter Park. FL
Branford. CT
Woodbury. CT
Marblehead, MA
Mystic Seaport, CT
Mattapoisett, MA
Marion, MA
-Unfinished
-Annapolis?
-Building, MI
Washington, DC
Salem Willows. MA
Boothbay Harbor, ME
-Savannah??
Canandaigua Lake, NY
Islesboro, ME
Nashville, TN
Edmonds, WA
Calaumet, MA
East Greenwich, RI
Greenwich, RI
Georgetown, MD
Cundy's Harbor, ME
Mattituck, NY
Blue Hill. ME
Manchester, MA
Belpre. OH
Marblehead, MA
Gig Harbor, WA
So. Frecport, ME
-Building. MA
Bayville. ME
Boston, MA
Noank, CT
Stonington, CT
Branford, CT
Scituatc, MA
Titusville, FL
Stony Creek, CT
Noank, CT
Morrissey. Stephan P.
Tilney, Nicholas
Uiwick. Sieve
Kingston, NH
Boston. MA
Wakefield. MA
Salem, MA
Newburyport. MA
Lynn. MA
-Unknown
Mattapoisett, MA
Danvers, MA
Padanaram, MA
Lake Of The Ozarks, MO
Chicago, IL
Avondale, Rl
Camden. ME
Southwest Harbor, ME
Salisbury, MA
Port Washington, WI
-Burned
New York, NY
Robinhood, ME
South Bristol. ME
Florida
Southwest Harbor, ME
Greenwich, CT
Boothbay Harbor, ME
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DOCK SPACE • CHARTERS
EXCURSIONS
1
SLOOPS WRECKED OR DESTROYED
12
25
30
51
62
99
127
173
3
120
4
8
17
26
29
48
55
76
78
79
108
111
116
190
Name
FRIENDSHIP
SEA DUCK/ketch
KIDNAPPED
— None —
COLUMBIA
BUCCANEER
LUCY S.
MEDUSA/Ferrocement
FINETTE
— Reserved —
29
36
21
32
23
27
28
25
47
Builder
1902 Morse, Wilbur A.
Morse Boatyard
OLD Unknown
Morse, Wilbur A.
Chadbourne, Lester
189x Morse, Wilbur A.
189x Unknown
Nowell, Ron
1915 Morse, Wilbur A.
Simmons, Carleton
GOLDEN EAGLE
BANSHEE
JOLLY BUCCANEER
VIRGINIA M.
SUSAN
CHANNEL FEVER
RIGHT BOWER
PACKET
EMMIE B.
NIMBUS
LOON
AMOS SWAN
TINQUA
AIKANE
26
30
45
28
41
33
47
26
37
32
35
26
30
31
1910 Morse, Albion F.
Morse
1909 McLain Eugene
1910 Morse, Wilbur A.
1902 Morse, Charles A.
1939 Provener, F.A.
1915 Morse, Wilbur A.
1925 Morse, Charles A.
1958 Wilcox, Reginald
1954 Chemault, A.T., III
1905 Morse, Wilbur A.
1910 Morse, Wilbur A.
1971 Bruno & Stillman
1978 JNI (D-10)/Chase, C.
Last seen c.1984
Unknown
Sunk ca'65?
Morrison, Robert
Unknown
Tirocchi, Eugene
Smith, Jonathan
Nowell, Ron
Reregistered 1965
Reserved for
C. Simmons
Destroyed ca.1980
Destroyed ca.1968
Sunk/Destroyed '73
Destroyed ca.1982
Wrecked 12/24/77
Destroyed 10/85
Destroyed ca.1968
Destroyed ca.1980
Burned 1974
Destroyed ca.1979
Destroyed ca. 1974
Wrecked 11/80
Wrecked 9/77
Burned 2/12/83
FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY
TROPHIES
GOVERNOR'S CUP — Highest standing over all in both divisions
1986 William Rand 1987
Division I
1986
Trophy
1987
William Rand
1st Herold Jones Trophy
Banshee
2nd Bruno & Stillman Trophy
Seal
3rd Division I Cup
Kervin Riggs
4th Lash Brothers Trophy
Division II
Anna B
1st President's Trophy
Tannis
2nd Winslow Trophy
Eastward
3rd Homecoming Trophy
Liberty
4th Anjaca Trophy
Resolute
5th Division II Cup
Class A
Sloops built before 1920
1st Eda Lawry Trophy, named for the late daughter of Wilbur Morse
1986 Morning Star 1987
2nd Jonah Morse Trophy, named for the brother of Wilbur Morse and grandsons of Charles
and Wilbur Morse.
1986 Chance 1987
3rd Class A Cup Not awarded in 1986 1987
Owner-Builder Trophy Seal Alvin J. Zink, Jr.
Gladiator Trophy, awarded for coming the longest voyage to the race Banshee John Wojcik
Danforth Trophy, awarded for being in the middle of the fleet Sarah Meade Ted Hanks
Nickerson Trophy, awarded to the sloop having the youngest skipper Anna B
Post Office Trophy awarded in 1986 to William Rand for an outstanding demonstration of seamanship in picking up a mooring under sail at Bath under very trying
conditions.
Bill Hadlock Trophy to be awarded at the Annual Meeting for the best demonstration
of sportsmanship during the past year.
25 ft. PEMAQUID, Glass, 1970, Friendship Sloop
26 ft. PEARSON, Glass, 1962, Ariel Sloop
28 ft. CAL SLOOP, Glass, 1969, Completely Restored
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